The Parliament of Georgia should wait for the opinion of the Venice Commission, the @CoE's body of legal experts, before adopting the 'Transparency of Foreign Influence' law, say PACE's Claude Kern and Edite Estrela.

Their full statement:
pace.coe.int/en/news/9455/g…

L'Assemblée parlementaire du Conseil de l'Europe s'est réunie cette semaine à #Strasbourg 🇫🇷🇪🇺
↪️ Découvrez cet organe statutaire du Council of Europe dans un nouvel épisode de #KézaCoE , avec Bertrand Bouyx, président de la Commission des questions politiques et de la démocratie de PACE

👉 @CoE begins preparations for the establishment of a special tribunal to investigate the crime of aggression against #Ukraine !

✅ The SG is now authorized to facilitate consultations of the Core Group on the draft Agreement between the #coe and 🇺🇦 on the establishment of a

My 2024 Council of Europe Annual Report is out / Mon Council of Europe_fr Rapport annuel 2024 est sorti 👇coe.int/en/web/portal/…

In Rabat, former committee chair, now ⁦Theodoros Rousopoulos⁩, Theodoros Rousopoulos, highlights the States’ responsibility in protecting climate migrants’ human rights, in particular now that the political & legal spheres have crossed paths on the issue of climate change.

Pierre-Alain Fridez (🇨🇭, SOC GROUP COE) à Rabat : « Pour que les personnes migrantes ne soient pas perçues comme des concurrents mais comme des acolytes, membres de la même société, les gouvernements ne doivent jamais oublier la partie la plus pauvre de leur population. »

PACE rapporteurs Lise Christoffersen, Ian Liddell-Grainger and Hannah Bardell SNP MP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ have expressed their deep concern over the detention of Azerbaijani civil society leader Anar #Mammadli and urged a review of his case.

Their full statement:
pace.coe.int/en/news/9452/p…

A 21-strong team of PACE observers will be back in North Macedonia next week to observe the parliamentary elections and second round of the presidential election.

Stand by for their preliminary conclusions at a 15h presser in Skopje on 9 May.

More:
pace.coe.int/en/news/9451/p…

The Selection Panel for the Vigdís Prize for Women's Empowerment will meet on 2 May at the Icelandic Parliament in Reykjavík to determine a shortlist of three nominees from among the candidatures received.pace.coe.int/en/news/9450/v…

PACE President and the Speaker of the Parliament of Kazakhstan reiterated their commitment to further strengthening partnership on the 20th Anniversary of the signing of the Cooperation Agreement between PACE and the Parliament of Kazakhstan pace.coe.int/en/news/9449/2…

I have serious #HumanRights concerns about United Kingdom’s #RwandaBill . Its adoption by the UK Parliament raises major issues about the rights of #asylum seekers and the #RuleOfLaw .
👉 go.coe.int/oULaG

Retour sur la visite du ministre délégué chargé de l'Europe Jean-Noël Barrot au Conseil de l'Europe 🇪🇺 :

🔹️Rencontre avec Theodoros Rousopoulos
🔹️Rencontre avec Marija Pejčinović Burić et signature des contributions volontaires de la 🇫🇷 au Conseil de l'Europe
🔹️ Visite de l'EDQM 💊 EDQM

During the last week’s meeting, our Committee discussed an introductory memorandum on private military companies, mercenaries, foreign fighters and their impact on human rights: rm.coe.int/on-private-mil…. It will serve as a basis for an upcoming report by Andrea Orlando.

PACE's Hannah Bardell SNP MP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ has welcomed the release from prison to house arrest of Azerbaijani anti-corruption campaigner Gubad #Ibadoghlu - while hoping for the release of other journalists, human rights defenders and activists detained on political grounds:
pace.coe.int/en/news/9444/a…

'A champion of children's rights' - Theodoros Rousopoulos Theodoros Rousopoulos has paid tribute to Baroness Massey, a long-standing British member of PACE who died on Saturday:
pace.coe.int/en/news/9443/p…

A 14-strong PACE delegation, led by Alfred Heer, is to observe the 24 April presidential election in North Macedonia.

Stand by for its preliminary conclusions, together with partners from OSCE/ODIHR, in a press conference in Skopje on 25 April...
pace.coe.int/en/news/9436/p…

This is excellent news - thank you to Speaker Mike Johnson and all who voted for this crucial aid package. Ukraine is defending the values we all stand for.

#StandWithUkraine ”

PACE Ukraine in CoE Верховна Рада України